Quite, there are times when you need someone else to drive your car. Mechanics are obvious one, but how many times has a car needed to moved for some reason by a friend. This is a dumb idea.

And 98% when I imagine all the testers are engineers wearing regulation smart trousers, now go for the real world. Does a thick heavy pair of combats work the same as a 3 piece suit. A long coat in the winter, wallet or keys in your back pocket, the list of real life variables goes on and on.

And if its cheaper to reserve online for collection, order it and go and get a coffee for half an hour (PC World are wise to this and build in a delay before you are allowed to collect.

Also good for booking references at the cinema, or collection references for goods you have reserved.

Drive OpenStreetMap and easily spot areas that need attention.

And one I did yesterday was to google the polish word for horseradish (Polish horseradish sauce is stronger) so that I could select the correct jar from the Polish Section of a local supermarket.

So does my N9 tablet computer

So does my N9 :)

Can you not just buy the phone and get a SIM only deal thats suits you, or just pick up a pay-as-you-go sim?

Its available here in Europe, just choose you operator/plan carefully. Plus smartphones have wifi.

Shouldn't really have to tell a slashdoter this, but you type 'kismot edinburgh' into google :) Think I will check it out next time I'm in Edinburgh.

How do they know who you are? If you pay by debit or credit card they only have another anonymous number with which to track you. Unless you ask for delivery the store will not even know your name, let alone your address.

When I was growing up in the 1970s I was always encouraged to carry 2p to use a payphone. Nowadays there are fewer payphones, and when I recently used one I was shocked at how expensive they are to use. Outside built up areas many no longer accept coins, and require a credit/debit card, which children don't normally have.

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_tunnel, the Channel Tunnel is 50.5 km, not miles.

Anywhere in the UK, except for Hull. You have a choice of 100s.

Must admit, I have never seen a teenager doing web orders in the UK, usually they are 30s-40s women. Teenagers just don't have the life experience to make a sensible substitution.

And the system will store your preferences, so you wont see what you are never going to order. Tesco are masters at targeted marketing.

I am amazed that the US isn't doing this already. Would have expected it to be Walmart, rather than Amazon though. What percentage of the US population live more than 20 miles from a Walmart?

Where I live in the UK, car ownership is pretty high. The ones that don't are generally those older people who are also unlikely to be on the internet. Deliveries I have seen certainly don't go to carless households, but those who have better things to do with their time. Tesco deliverys here are between 3GBP and 6GBP (5-10 USD)